Shoe



Get. 28, 1930. 3 MUDGE 1,779,677

SHOE

Filed May 22, 1929 v mus/Wale 5 4:. M00 GE A TTOENEV Patented Oct. 28, 1930 UNITED STATES- AnonIBALnc. MUDGE, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, Assrenon To nnownsnoii COMPANY,

' INC., on sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OENEW. YORK I snon Application filedMay 22,

This invention relates enerall to shoes and morexspecifically to improved shoes which are so constructed as to permit of same being arranged on or removed from the feet of wearers of said shoes without untying the laces thereof, the predominant object of the invention being to produce shoes'of the character mentioned which will be neat in appearance and comfortable to the wearer when in use. 1

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a shoe constructed in accordancewith this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shoe shown in Fig. 1. v

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the shoe as same will appear when same is to be foot. y a

In the drawing, wherein is shown, for the purpose of illustration merely, one embodiment of the invention, A designates my improved shoe, which includes the usual upper B, outsole C, and heel D. The shoe A,

placed on or removed from a persons except for the forepart of the upper thereof,

is constructed in the ordinary and well known manner, and it is withrespect to the construction of the shoe at the forepart of the 7 upper B that this invention relates.

' at the forepart of the shoe A are permanently By referring to Fig. 3 of the drawing, it.

will be noted that the edges 1 of the upper B spaced apart from each other to provide a space 2 between'said edgesl, which space 1s of substantially constant width from top to, bottom, the bottom of said space being located at the instep of the shoe and the upper end thereof at the top of the upper of the "shoe. The portions of the shoe upper. adjacent to the edges 1 in the ordinary lace shoe are drawn together by the laces, but in the case of my improved shoe no laces are as? sociated directly with these shoe portions. 3 designates the tongue of the shoe A whlch is secured to the shoe, preferably only at the bottom edge of said tongue.

Secured to the shoe A at the instep thereof is a pair of flaps 4 and 5, which are disposed at the forepart of the upper'of the shoe. The

J flaps 4 and 5 are secured at their lower ends to the shoe by means of the rows of stitches 8, whichv includei iprojectionsjadaptedto be inserted into the recesses'in' -the fastener parts I The fastening devices produced by the fastener parts 7 and ,8 resemble the ordinary glove fastener, and with the aid of said fastening devices the upper flared portions of the flaps 4 and 5 may be securely attached to the shoe upperfat'the 'forepart of the shoe.

Adjacent to the inner edge 'ofthe-fia 4 and 5 said-flaps areprovided with rows of apertures 9 through which a shoe lace10 i f 7 maybe passed in the usual manner for the purpose of lacing the inner edge portions of,

the flaps together, as shown clearlyin Figs. 1 and 3, said shoe lace being tied in'a bow at the upperendsof the flaps, as is ordinarily the case with shoe laces; v

' VVhenthe flaps 4 and 5-of a shoe constructed in accordance withthis. invention are securedto the'upper of the shoe by means of the fastening devices referred to, the shoe has the appearance of an ordinary lace shoe. 7 It is obvious, of counse,gthat.the'-flaps 4 and 5 are visible, butthese flaps do 'not' detract, from the appearance of the-shoe but, instead, serve to add a decorative touch thereto.

l/Vhen it isfdesired to improved shoe from the foot it is'not necessary to untie the laces 10, as is ordinarily i the case, all that isnecessary being. for the fastening devices by which the fiaps'4 and 5 are secured to the shoe upper to be unf clasped, whereby the forepart of the shoe upper will be open to permit ready and convenient application to or removal fromth-e' wearers foot. r In view of this arrangement the shoe laces may remain neatly tied at all times, and because said laces need not be untied each time the shoeis put on or removed from the wearers foot, much time is saved during such operations. 7

I claim:

1. A shoe including anupper, flaps fixed permanently to the shoe at the forepart ofsaid upper, means for detachably securing portionsofsaid flaps to said upper, and

means for lacing said flaps together.

A shoe including an upper, flaps; fixed permanently {to the shoe at the forepart of said upper, means comprising friction fas tening devices, cooperable parts of hichi are associated with said shoe upper and said flaps, for detachably securing portions-of I said flaps to said upper, and means for lacing said flaps together. I r

3, A shoe including an upper, flaps at the forepart' of said'upper, said flaps being secured at their lower ends to said shoe, means for "detachably securing said flaps to'said upper, and means for lacing said flaps ,to-. gether.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing I fix my signature.

Y ARoHI ALn o MUD E,

hereunto a so I 

